President's office clarifies Sisi comment on sending troops to Palestinian
state
El-Sisi said in an interview on Sunday that Egypt could send troops to
stabilise an independent Palestinian state
Ahram Online , Sunday 23 Nov 2014
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/116262/Egypt/Politics-/Presidents-office-clarifies-Sisi-comment-on-sendin.aspx

The office of Egyptian Preisdent Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi issued a
clarification Sunday evening about El-Sisi’s statement to Italian daily
Corriere della Sera that Egypt would send troops to a future Palestinian
state.

"Regarding the statement about the possibility of sending troops from Egypt
and the Arab countries to secure a future Palestinian state, these
statements were made to encourage Israel to move towards the two-state
solution," said Ambassador Alaa Youssef.

El-Sisi said in the interview published Sunday that he would be prepared to
send troops to a future Palestinian state to help stabilise it.

"We are ready to send military forces into a Palestinian state," he said in
the interview.

"We would help the local police and reassure the Israelis through our role
as guarantor. Not forever, of course but for the time necessary to
re-establish confidence. But first a Palestinian state must exist where
troops can be sent to," he added.

El-Sisi said he had spoken of the idea with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

On Monday President El-Sisi will start his first European tour as president,
visiting Italy.